When I search news stories on global warming, I am curious to find that there are a lot of articles about what on earth (pun kinda intended here) could be causing this change. What is curious is the focus on the root cause, as if there is one as opposed to many contributors. It's as if to say that if we find this one little trouble maker and just get rid of it, all our troubles will pass.
The latest piece to this is a relief that agricultural soil erosion is not a contributor to global warming (cuz I was really worried it might be). Apparently, some pundits were worried, saying that ag soil erosion added 13% to the fossil fuel emission contributions of carbon in the air. This study concludes that contribution is more like 1.5%. Thank god we've put that to rest.
In fact, why worry at all. According to White House spokesperson Dana Perino, global warming can actually be good for us - and fun too! There's humor enough in the article itself, so I'll leave it to you to read it rather than take the obvious jabs.
Finally, it being Friday and all, I thought I should end on an article that talks about a Hollywood power cocktail that gets you drunk and fights global warming, all in the same gulp. Now there's a cause worth taking up.
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